The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 23, 2119
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
11:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2436
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.21° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.34° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.